monday, march 8, 2004
6A the university daily kansan
news
Testimony key for Stewart jury
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Jurors who convicted Martha Stewart of lying about a stock sale said they believed the key prosecution witnesses against the homemaking guru and were surprised that her team didn't mount a more aggressive defense.
They also said Stewart's reputation as a stickler for detail belied her claim that she did not remember receiving a message from her broker warning her the price of a stock she held was about to fall.
A jury of eight women and four men deliberated 12 hours over three days before returning guilty verdicts Friday on all four counts against Stewart — conspiracy, obstruction and two counts of making false statements.
The charges relate to an accusation that Stewart lied to cover up the reason she sold shares of ImClone Systems stock in Dec.
Stewart was expected to meet with her probation officer as soon as today.
2001 — avoiding a hefty loss when the company announced bad news the next day.
Prosecutors had offered Stewart a chance last April to plead guilty to just one of the four charges against her — making a false statement — in exchange for a probation sentence, Newsweek reported yesterday, quoting several unidentified sources close to the case. But a defense source told the magazine that prosecutors could not guarantee that Stewart would avoid jail time completely and Stewart refused the offer, Newsweek reported.
Jurors said they were surprised the defense spent less than an hour presenting its side, after the prosecution took four weeks to make its case.
Jurors said the most compelling testimony came from Stewart's assistant Ann Armstrong, who testified that Stewart changed a message from her broker, Peter Bacanovic, that informed her that he thought the ImClone stock price would start falling.
SPAM: Spelling errors in subject line could indicate junk mail
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KU e-mail accounts, so students who register accounts from other servers will not benefit.
The software is pretty dependable, but users should always have a virus protection program on their computer, Catlin said. The University offers free virus protection software, Sophos, for faculty and students.
If someone you know sends you an e-mail with an attachment, Catlin said that it would be a good idea to call and confirm
Catlin said if there were a lot of spelling or grammar mistakes in the subject, it was probably spam. This happens because a lot of spam comes from overseas and the translations are poor. If an e-mail comes from an unfamiliar name and has an attachment, it should be deleted, she said. Even opening the e-mail but not the attachment can be dangerous, she said.
In recent weeks a spam-increasing virus has affected most e-mail systems, including the University's. The virus also used contacts from employees' address books and sent them e-mails that looked like they were from other employees.
"It just takes up room, and it's annoying to have to delete 75 percent of your mail."
Dana Brown Wichita junior
that they actually sent it
Students like Dana Brown, Wichita junior, are annoyed with the spam increase, but think the program should just completely eliminate it from accounts.
"Itit takes up room, and it's annoying to have to delete 75 percent of your mail," she said.
But Brown was also not aware of the filtering option. She said if she had known she could have blocked some spam herself, she would have tried, and wants to try it with the new system.
Other students have noticed the increase in spam, but just delete it and don't think about it. Liam Brett, London junior, said he had a lot of messages that didn't relate to his classes, so he figured they were spam and deleted them.
OORE: To alleviate $7 trillion debt, people must 'get back to basics'
-Edited by Ashley Arnold
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Hussein felt the threat of military action, he would flee the country.
"I'm glad Saddam Hussein is gone," Moore said, "but I wish we would have done it differently."
Moore said he wished President Bush would have gathered the same international support for the United States' role in Iraq as it received after September 11. He said the good will the nation received in 2001 was gone.
Moore and about 40 students discussed issues such as national debt, education, gay marriage and prescription drugs during Moore's visit to the University of Kansas on Friday. Moore was the third speaker Student Union Activities invited as part of the Students Learning Through Leaders lecture series. The series invites state and national leaders to speak with students on current political issues.
Before the forum, Moore was named the Conservation Legislator of the Year by the Kansas Wildlife Federation.
The national debt was a hot topic of Moore's lecture. Moore said in order to control the $7 trillion debt, citizens had to get back to fiscal responsibility by getting back to basics.
"If we don't get a handle on this, it's going to destroy our nation," Moore said.
Justin McFarland, Lenexa junior, attended the lecture and student luncheon with Moore before the speech. McFarland, president of the University of Kansas College Republicans, said he regularly attended the lecture series and looked forward to hearing Moore because of his different political background.
Casey Connealy, SUA office assistant and coordinator of the event, said the fact that Moore was a national politician and represented part of Lawrence was why SUA invited him to speak. Having one-on-one time with a Congressman was not something students always get to do, he said.
Moore said he came to the University because his job was not just to speak, but to listen. He said he didn't expect everyone to agree with what he said.
Moore is a 1967 University graduate. His district includes Lawrence, east of Iowa Street and all of Johnson and Wyandotte counties.
— Edited by Amanda Kim Stairrett
Amanda Kim Stairrett/Kansan
U. S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) accepted the Conservation Legislator of the Year award from the Kansas Wildlife Federation during a lecture Friday afternoon in the Kansas Union. After the presentation, Moore discussed the economy, Iraq and gay marriage with a group of more than 40 people.